Rachel Christenson
Head Start Teacher
Marquette,NE
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Teacher/Center Specialist
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership
07.2023 - 05.2024
- Organized extracurricular activities such as clubs or field trips that enriched students'' learning experiences outside traditional classroom setting.
- Worked with staff members to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
- Identified struggling students early on and provided additional support through one on one support and modified lesson plans.
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication, parent meetings, and fostering supportive learning environment.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Completed and input GOLD assessments.
- Headed recruitment by taking applications, enrolling students, going on home visits, setting up and attending recruiting events, and coordinating out reach to community.
- Managed three employees, approved PTO requests and timecards, and offering extra support and training materials to those who needed it.
- Experience working with non-English speaking families.
- Kept up to date documentation of family interactions and child information on ChildPlus.
Special Education Paraprofessional
Aurora Elementary School
09.2019 - 05.2023
- Worked to support individual students in classroom setting, as well as providing sensory breaks, managing behavior plans, assisting teachers, teaching reading mastery, Dibbles testing with students, made copies, and helped in lunch room and playground.
- Supported teacher in development of individual learning strategies
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Inclusive
University of Nebraska At Kearney
Online 05.2021 - 05.2026
College Credits - Business Administration
Chadron State College
Chadron, NE 08.2015 - 05.2017
High school diploma -
North Platte High School
North Platte, NE 08.2011 - 05.2015
Skills
Team building
undefinedCertification
First Aid Certification, 08/01/24, 08/01/26
Timeline
Teacher/Center Specialist
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership
07.2023 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Inclusive
University of Nebraska At Kearney
05.2021 - 05.2026
Special Education Paraprofessional
Aurora Elementary School
09.2019 - 05.2023
College Credits - Business Administration
Chadron State College
08.2015 - 05.2017
High school diploma -
North Platte High School
08.2011 - 05.2015
First Aid Certification, 08/01/24, 08/01/26
DHHS Fingerprinting, 05/01/21, 05/01/26
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